Yeah, their shipping is limited to the following states only:Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin

So that's a domestic blend? I'm awaiting more blends other than kuebler or lucid. No shipping to Alabama? Well dang. We can impregnate our cousins but we can't have green drink? Where's the fun in that?

edit: disclaimer: I thought about that for a second. I neither practice nor condone this ritual and or happening.
Thanks, have a nice day.

K&L Wine Merchants just sent me an email canceling my order. They said they do not ship spirits to Oregon. Now, when I went through the ordering process it first asked me what state I was in to see if they could ship there. I entered Oregon since it was on the list of acceptable states and then completed my order. I called them and explained that they need to change some things on their website and the guy became hostile about it and hung up on me. I'm pissed!

noob time: Ahhh. So the really aged like 1910~ish absinthe is RED (all that i've seen, but i just inquired about a pernod order, I'd LOVE to have it but right now I can't afford, but I'll have one later if there is a later.)... is that because of aging or was that because it was red before hand?
[referring to the aging]

noob time: Ahhh. So the really aged like 1910~ish absinthe is RED (all that i've seen, but i just inquired about a pernod order, I'd LOVE to have it but right now I can't afford, but I'll have one later if there is a later.)... is that because of aging or was that because it was red before hand? [referring to the aging]

Honestly drink more then divulge into the pre-ban era stuff. I've been drinking absinthe for a while now and I don't even think I'll appreciate it. I think I might just order a sample and keep it around for a couple years.

“Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.” - George Bernard Shaw

Sorry but I have a dumb question. Since St. George is made for the U.S. how is it different than Europe as in is the wormwood/thujone lower or the alcohol ?? Why is it " U.S." brand why cant we have some of the other brands....

It's all just getting started. We have 3 brands available now in the US. More will come, it takes time.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It stands at the cradle of true art and true science. He to whom this feeling is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed. -AE

Sorry but I have a dumb question. Since St. George is made for the U.S. how is it different than Europe as in is the wormwood/thujone lower or the alcohol ?? Why is it " U.S." brand why cant we have some of the other brands....

St. George is the first absinthe made in the US to be sold in the US. It's something we should celebrate, even if their herb bill is abnormal.

You have to remember, the floodgates don't open and just let booze run through; the people who make the liquor have to go to the trouble of doing everything necessary to get it onto shelves here. And the brands that we enjoy from Europe aren't all trying to get into the US market yet. The demands of even a limited market release here are huge. It'll take time.

For me anyway, it is an exciting time to be getting into this stuff. The limited number of brands readily available makes it easy to enter market. I'm not yet overwhelmed by choices. To ask a novice question, though, why is the St. George so much more expensive than the other two? They don't even have to ship it from Europe at high cost or worry about outrageous exchange rates.

Honestly drink more then divulge into the pre-ban era stuff. I've been drinking absinthe for a while now and I don't even think I'll appreciate it. I think I might just order a sample and keep it around for a couple years.

Yeah I was going to order one or two while I still could. You never know when the last bottle will be cracked.

[...] To ask a novice question, though, why is the St. George so much more expensive than the other two? They don't even have to ship it from Europe at high cost or worry about outrageous exchange rates.

The St. George is made on a house distilled, unaged grape alcohol base and I believe both Kübler and Lucid are made on a base of bulk purchased beet or grain neutral spirits.

I've also heard St. George is sourcing many of their botanicals from local organic and/or sustainable farmers.

St. George buys wine, distills the wine into brandy, (probably at least partially in a pot still as they are also working on a brandy,) then flavors that brandy and re-distills. Aside from the grape growing and wine production, it is all done at their Alameda distillery. They are also sourcing their ingredients from local sustainable and organic farms. None of this is cheap.

Hangar One's very well regarded flavored vodkas retail for around $35 for 750ml. Their well regarded Zinfandel Grappa costs $35 for 375ml. Their basil Eau de Vie, which I suppose could almost be considered a practice run for their Absinthe, is $50 for 375ml.

Short answer is, craft distilling isn't cheap, no matter where you do it, and the San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most expensive places to run a business in the whole of the US.